The girl raised her hand. Without looking at the renegade, she said to Buffalo Bill:
“But Pa-e-has-ka must make the White Antelope a promise.”
“All right. What is it?”
“The White Antelope came from the great chief Oak Heart, who told her to seek the paleface warriors and tell them where to find their dead. He bids them to come here and remove their slain in peace, and not to follow on the track of his people. Will Pa-e-has-ka tell the big chief the words of Oak Heart?”
“I will.”
“Then Pa-e-has-ka must promise to return and yield himself to the Sioux.”
She looked Buffalo Bill straight in the eye as she stated her condition, and he saw that she meant exactly what she said; but he asked:
“Does the White Antelope mean that I am to give myself up to the red warriors after I have guided the bluecoats here?”
“She has spoken.”
“And this is the promise she wishes Pa-e-has-ka to make?”